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Re: Pete Fountain retires

Author: RussM
Date: 2014-12-04 07:39

Pete Fountain was an endorser for Leblanc, and when they changed over from the Model 1611 to the “Big Easy” model 1612, Pete had his business manager (and son-in-law) Benny Harrell sell off his 1611’s. One of them was purchased (in 1999) by a professional musician in Bellingham, WA, who in turn sold it to me in 2006. I was delighted to be able to acquire this instrument, as I knew it had been hand selected by Pete Fountain himself. It has gold plated keys in an 18/7 key configuration ( forked Eb-Bb, articulated C#-G# ). It came with a certificate of authenticity signed by Pete Fountain. This was one of the clarinets he used when he had his club at the New Orleans Hilton. I purchased a Woodwind Pete Fountain model 2515-L3 crystal mouthpiece from a dealer, and liked to use it with Mitchell Lurie # 3 reeds.

[ edited - GBK ]

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